Bahá’í News/Inserts/Issue 281/World Crusade Budget Second Year/Text
REPORT TO THE BELIEVERS[edit]
World Crusade Budget[edit]
SECOND YEAR[edit]
Dearly Beloved Friends:
This report covers the results of our combined efforts in support of our Budget for the first six weeks (May 1 to June 15, 1954) of this Bahá’í Year. The Resolve Plan which is designed to produce a minimum of $150,000 from Local Assemblies and Groups, and $325,000 from individual believers, stands as follows:
| Local Assemblies and Groups | $12,170.00 |
| Individual Believers | 25,124.02 |
| Total Resolves to June 15, 1954 | $37,294.02 |
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Thus far, only 15 Assemblies, 5 groups, and 174 individuals have sent their Resolves to the National Treasurer’s Office, as represented by the figures quoted above.
Actual contributions received during this same period (May 1 to June 15, 1954) amounted to:
| In Resolves | Miscellaneous other than Resolves | |
|---|---|---|
| From Local Assemblies and Groups | $1,226.34 | $12,641.25 |
| From Individual Believers | 4,463.34 | 14,566.95 |
| Totals | $5,689.68 | $27,208.20 |
On the basis of an average monthly Budget requirement of approximately $40,000 in relation to our total Budget of $475,000, we should have received for this six-week period, total contributions of at least $60,000. This means that we have fallen short approximately $27,000 in contributions as of June 15.
Actual working capital available to your National Assembly from all sources, which must sustain many of our valiant pioneers in the far-flung teaching fields, cover the operating expenses of the National Offices, and maintain the increasingly important Temple activities, has reached an alarmingly low point of approximately $6,000.
We are aware that many Assemblies, Groups, and Individuals are giving prayerful consideration to the amount of their Resolves before transmitting them to the National Treasurer. However, in view of the urgency of our financial problem, we hope that not only will the Resolves start pouring in, but that contributions toward the Resolves may also begin without delay, wherever possible.
The miraculous accomplishments that we were privileged to witness and, in such a large measure, to participate in during the opening year of our Crusade, were made possible by translating our love and devotion to our beloved Guardian into obedience to his directions, and by the spirit of unity which animated the American Bahá’í Community in its zeal to support the Crusade.
It seems fitting that we capture this spirit of love and unity in our determination to meet every objective placed before us during this important Second Year of the Crusade, the most vital of which is success in meeting our total National Budget, without which none of the other objectives can fully flourish nor reach complete fruition.
Faithfully yours, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY
P.S. — For the convenience of those who have misplaced the Resolve form which accompanied the Budget statement in the May issue of BAHÁ’Í NEWS, a duplicate form is enclosed.